Policy
‘Guam or Bust’: America’s Helpers May Need a Halfway Destination as Afghanistan Pullout Nears
Lawmakers want more visas for interpreters and their families, but time is running out for anything but a hasty evacuation.
Policy
Time Crunch for Afghanistan Withdrawal Is Producing a Big Trash Pile
One senator objects to the way troops are destroying equipment they don’t have time to sort. But there are reasons for it.
Policy
Lawmakers Scold Pentagon for Leaving Afghanistan Without ‘Over-the-Horizon’ Plan
“Why would we leave Bagram when we don’t have an alternative closer than UAE?” said the Armed Services Committee’s top Republican.
Ideas
Ten Years After Bin Laden, We Still Need Better Intelligence Sharing
Leaders should still apply the lessons we learned, when contending with China and Russia.
Ideas
Teamwork Led Us to Bin Laden and Can Keep America Safe
As we look back on the Osama bin Laden raid of a decade ago, three lessons stand out.
Ideas
Defense One Radio, Ep. 81: The future of Afghanistan
Ben Watson talks with Greg, a Green Beret medic who served in Afghanistan, and with Long War Journal's Bill Roggio.
Policy
Biden Must Protect Women’s Rights After Afghanistan Withdrawal, Say Lawmakers
U.S. envoy says diplomats can handle the issue.
Ideas
The Original Sin of the War in Afghanistan
How Biden viewed the start of America’s post-9/11 wars may inform his future decisions on the use of force.
Ideas
Afghanistan Will Know No Peace Without Pressure on Pakistan
Inconsistent global powers, foreign politics, and indifference to Pakistan’s Taliban sponsorship continue to frustrate Afghans and spoil peace efforts.
Ideas
Can the US and Russia Agree to Disagree?
The relationship is cold, but there are still some areas of mutual interest.
Ideas
It Was Never All or Nothing in Afghanistan
This is not something we hoped to see from national security leaders and a president we admire so much.
Policy
‘It’s Time to End the Forever War’: Biden Announces Withdrawal from Afghanistan
As for the idea that U.S. troops on the ground would produce a solution: “We gave that argument a decade.”
Threats
Petraeus Trashes Biden Decision to Quit Afghanistan
Pulling out now is an “unforced error,” the former commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan said. Other former war leaders say the threat can be managed.
Ideas
Afghanistan’s Situation Didn’t Change. American Politics Did
The Biden administration says it can fight terrorism in a way that its predecessors called impossible. Can it?
Policy
US, NATO Troops to Withdraw from Afghanistan by 9/11, US Official Says
Decision for a September pullout follows “rigorous policy review.”
Policy